Grocery cupboard



Dec. 41, 1951 A. T. AssMuNDssoN GROCERY CUPBOARD Filed March 29, 1946 INVENTOR. M {LOOCOZ/ @Ad wwmdg BY /(,u a I i b AGENT Patented Dec. 4, 1 951 OFFICE anQ EBY PBOARD Axel 'leodor Assmundsson, Goteborg, Sweden errliea ipn M h- '2 1946, s l N 6158.10

T i v nt o ier to p rds. for the t ra o r er e c k es ecia l adap ed, to the. needs of private homes where supplies o groceries, u h as. l ur o a ou r ins. fee, dried fruits, sugar, different kinds of spices t are e in uan i es. ne s tatedby' t e regular requirements of cooking a home,

The main object of the invention is, to pro.- vide a cupboard which is simple. in construction with a minimum of dust collecting corners, easy to clean and easy to fit into different spaces of a kitchen.

Another object oi the inventign is to pro= vide a cupboard the drawers of which are airtight, thus being suitable for aromatic lfqqries,

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the novel combina: tion and arrangement of the drawers in a cupboard hereinafter described and claimed.

The. invention will be more readily understoodby reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevational View of a cupboard in a one embodiment Fig. 2is a crosssection thereof;

Fig; 3 is a cross sectional view'oi a cupboard in another embodiment,

F 4 m ar sect onal. v ew. h rd. em.- bodim t;

F ssnd r o gi ud n l. ect ons, o rme of c pboar s. in a ev urthe em o ments;

7 is ev t on i w or a mod fied; r: board;

Fi 8 is a cross sectionthereof inone embodiment, and

Fi 9 a similar section thereof; in anotherembodiment.

In the drawing, cupboard Fig= 1'- is providedwith a number or compartments 2 ,=each. compartment containing a row of scoop-like drawers 3; These drawers are supported above the bottom of the compartment in a hanging position against the ceiling 4 by means of cross; directed guides 5 reaching downwards from the ceiling and having T--- and L -profilesin coaction w th c r p nding. i lan es o th r s: Although only three drawers are shown in the o a me t. s s te d d o. ont in any number of drawers, and when the drawers are r v d: e m r ment being. without partii wars will. e r e or i spection. and. lean..-

ing with a minimum of. dust collecting corners,

F g iiwdifier nt meansflsup the drawers a o e the b i emsp h ompar ments, the drawers in Fi'gs.'2, 3, 5 and 6 in a, hanging seen A ri v 1 4.5 ii-Claims; (Cl. 312-270) 2 position against the ceiling. The common feature for the arrangements of the drawers in Figs. 1-5 is that the drawer in its inserted position will be pressed upwards against the ceiling thus preventing air from entering the upturned opening of the drawer coveredby the ceiling.

In Fig. 2 the guide 5 is directed inward and upwards, and the corresponding flange 6- f thedrawer shown with dotted lines has the same sloping direction. When the drawer is pushed into the compartment the side flanges of' the drawerwill slide upwards on the guides and the drawer will move parallel with itself until the upper border surrounding the opening of the drawer stops against the ceiling tightly pressed against the same. r

In Figs. 3-5 the means pressing the drawer upwards consist of springs. In Figs. 3 plate springs l are placed between the supporting surface of the guide 5a and the bottom surface of the flange The guide has the same profile asin Fig. 1, but the guide andthe drawer flanges have preferably horizontal direction. The spring is attached to the guide but can with the sameeffect be attached to the flange of the drawer;

In Fig. 4 a plate spring 8 is placed between the bottom of the drawer and; the bottom of the compartment. The springis shown attached to the compartment bottom but can with the same effect be attached to the drawer-. In Fig. 5 the guides 9- hiWe in cross section the shape of 7 an inverted V' and are provided with; root flanges Ii} underlying the flanges of the drawers; The guides are of flexible material as steel' orsuch like, and in a slaclgstate the V' is more open a seen at he. le t de, o f he. g he t drawers are inserted the legs of the V are pressed towards each. other and the foot flanges in will press the drawer upwards against the ceiling. For the outer drawers the V-shaped -guide can be replacedby L-shaped guides 9 as seen at the right sideoi the figure.

In Fig. 6' the guides H are formed by' d'ovetail shaped grooves [2 inthe ceiling and the side flanges of the drawers are correspondinglymodi fled to. sloping side portions I-31 Fig. 7 shows a simplified embodimentof-- the cupboard; In this arrangement thereisone row only of scooplike drawers 3 all of" them having a common cover M. This coverconsists ofa board provided with means as ears ['5 and; as

shown Fig. 9, with support-rails It, flanges ll or such like i u Olidfiif :0, make the fastening of the same possible; in difierent places in; a

kitchen for instanceto the Wall' I? as shown 8, beneath the bottom of an ordinary kitchen cupboard l9 fixed to the wall I8 above the floor as shown in Fig. 9, or to be inserted as'a board in such a cupboard etc. The drawers are arranged in a hanging position with respect to the cover and the means for supporting the drawers are the same as shown in the previous figures. In Fig. 8 the same supporting guides are shown as in Fig. 2, and in Fig. 9 the same guides 5a as in Fig. 3, the spring being omitted in this modification. However all the spring arrangements can also be used except the one in Fig. 4.

To prevent the drawer 3 in Fig. 9 from being inserted too far, the flanges 6 of the drawer are provided with rear down-directed projections 20 in coaction with the end of the guides. For cupboard drawers of this kind shoulders or vertical flanges at the handle end of the drawers have hitherto been used for the same object, but when the drawers are made of glass or porcelain these shoulders have a tendency to break. Said projections 20 remove this inconvenience and make the shoulders unnecessary.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of my invention. 1, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such varia= tions and modifications as come withinthe scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A storage bin including the combination of an upwardly open movable receptacle having a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls, stationary support means, a stationary cover plate with a plane under-surface for said receptacle forming part of said stationary means, and cooperative rail and fiange means respectively secured to said stationary support means and said receptacle, said rail and flange means being inclined at relatively the same angle downwards and towards the front wall of the receptacle so that said receptacle may be moved in positions parallel to itself, the upturned edge surfaces of all the walls of the receptacle being in flush with each other and forming an unbroken surface surrounding the upturned opening of the receptacle, said unbroken edge surface at the insertion of the receptacle coming to a substantially airtight pressure contact against the plane under surface of the cover plate at the innermost position of the receptacle, the under surface of the cover plate being the sole stopper for the inward movement of the receptacle.

2. A closet including the combination of a closed compartment having an open front and a top with a plane under surface, an upwardly open receptacle having a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls, said receptacle being movable into and out from said compartment through the open front thereof, and cooperative rail and flange means respectively secured to said compartment and said receptacle, said rail and flange means being inclined at relatively the same angle downwards and towards the front wall of said receptacle so that the receptacle may be moved in positions parallel to itself, the upturned edge surfaces of all the walls of the receptacle being in fiush with each other and forming an unbroken surface surrounding the upturned opening of the receptacle, said unbroken edge surface at the insertion of 4 the receptacle coming to a substantially airtight pressure contact against the plane under surface of the top at the innermost position of the receptacle, the under surface of the top being the sole stopper for the inward movement of the receptacle.

3. A storage bin including the combination of an upwardly open movable receptacle having a front wall, a, rear wall and two side walls, stationary support means, a cover plate with a plane under surface for said receptacle forming part of said stationary support means, substantially continuous rail forming guide means depending from said cover plate, and cooperative substantially continuous flange forming guide means secured V on said receptacle, said rail forming guide means and flange forming guide means being inclined at relatively the same angle downwards and towards the front wall of the receptacle so that said receptacle may be moved in positions parallel to itself, the upturned edge surfaces of all the Walls of the receptacle being in flush with each other and forming an unbroken surface surrounding the upturned opening of the receptacle, said unbroken edge surface at the insertion of the receptacle coming to a. substantially airtight pressure contact against the plane under surface of the cover plate at the innermost position of the receptacle, the under surface of the cover plate being the sole stopper for the inward movement of the receptacle.

4. A storage bin including the combination of an upwardly open movable receptacle having a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls, a cover plate with a plane under surface for said receptacle, means for attaching said cover plate to a stationary support, and cooperative rail and flange means respectively secured to said cover plate and said receptacle, said rail and flange means being inclined at relatively the same angle downwards and towards the front wall of the receptacle so that said receptacle may be moved along a forwardly downwardly inclined path in positions parallel to itself, the upturned edge surfaces of all the walls of the receptacle being in flush with each other and forming an unbroken surface surrounding the upturned opening of the receptacle, said unbroken edge surface at the insertion of the receptacle coming to a, substantially airtight pressure contact against the plane under surface of the cover plate at the innermost position of the receptacle, the under surface of the cover plate being the sole stopper for the inward movement of the receptacle.

5. A closet including the combination of a closed compartment having an open front and a plane under surface of the top, a plurality of upwardly open movable receptacles, each having a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls, and cooperative rail and flange means respectively secured to the top of said compartment and the sides of each of said receptacles for supporting said receptacles in said compartment in spaced relationship from its bottom, said rail and flange means being inclined at relatively the same angle downwards and towards the front walls of said receptacles so that each receptacle may be moved along a forwardly downwardly inclined path in positions parallel to itself, the upturned edge surfaces of all the walls of each receptacle being in flush with each other and forming an unbroken surface surrounding the upturned opening of the receptacle, said unbroken edge surface at the insertion of the receptacle comin to a substantially airtight pressure contact against the plane under surface REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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